Charity Info
The Los Angeles Marathon and LA Big 5K Nonprofit Charity Program
Each year the Los Angeles Marathon hosts thousands of runners who choose to make their experience more meaningful by running on behalf of a charity. With 90+ Nonprofit Partners, our Nonprofit Partner Program connects the philanthropic community to the passionate race participants willing to raise funds and create awareness for meaningful causes. Since its inception, the Nonprofit Partnership Program has raised more than $66million to benefit our partner organizations. If you’d like to add to our Impact, below is all of the information you need to get started:
Why Participate for Charity
Running for charity can provide a greater sense of purpose while you’re training, as well as a reason to cross the finish line. Your fundraising efforts will have a direct impact on a cause you care about and provide motivation to finish the race in honor of the donors who supported you along the way.
What Charity can I run for?
You can run for The McCourt Foundation with Team TMF or one of our amazing nonprofit partners listed below. Only official partners have entries available. To learn more about their fundraising requirements and incentives reach out to them directly.
What events can I participate in with a Charity?
The Los Angeles Marathon (March 17, 2024), Charity Half Marathon (March 17, 2024) and the LA Big 5K (March 16, 2024) are all available for Charity entries both through Team TMF and other official nonprofit partners. Check the list below for a charity that inspires you to make your miles more meaningful.
What is Team TMF?
Team TMF is the official fundraising program for The McCourt Foundation. Fundraising for Team TMF means every mile you run makes a difference and supports our mission to cure neurological diseases while empowering communities to build a healthier world. When you join Team TMF you run for free with a commitment to fundraising and enjoy exclusive perks and get access to exclusive fundraising incentives. Click here to learn more.
Official Los Angeles Marathon Nonprofit Partners
Scroll down below to find all 2024 Los Angeles Marathon, Charity Half Marathon, and LA Big 5K nonprofit partners.
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Team TMF
The McCourt Foundation (TMF) is a nonprofit striving to cure neurological diseases while empowering communities to build a healthier world.
Join Team TMF: run with purpose and raise funds to cure neurological diseases. For more information contact Andrea
Premier Charities
Angel City Pit Bulls
Angel City Pit Bulls is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to creating a better future for pit bulls through education, public advocacy, adoptions, and owner support.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Tracy
Students Run LA
Each year, SRLA creates a safe, supportive community at 185 public schools across Greater Los Angeles, welcoming more than 3,250 students of all backgrounds and abilities to train alongside their volunteer teachers to complete the Los Angeles Marathon. Through this life-changing experience, students discover their best selves and learn how to make plans for the future.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
Join Team TMF: run with purpose and raise funds to cure neurological diseases. For more information contact Cassidy
Team World Vision
Team World Vision is a community of people running for clean water and fullness of life for children and families around the world. $50 provides life-changing clean water to children in need. World Vision is the largest non-governmental provider of clean water in the World. Last year we reached over 4.6 million new people with clean water.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Kailey
Featured Charities
ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.
Entries for: Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Jael
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society DetermiNation program will help you achieve your personal race goals and change the course of cancer forever. The American Cancer Society will help you finish your upcoming race and together we can achieve a world free from the pain and suffering of cancer.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Kaleigh
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
AFSP is dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide by funding scientific research, educating the public about mental health and suicide prevention, and supporting survivors of suicide loss and those affected by suicide in our mission
Entires for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Matt
Beit T’Shuvah
The Running 4 Recovery team supports the residents at Beit T’Shuvah who are suffering from the disease of addiction and working hard every day to turn their lives around. We remain committed to our mission to help all who suffer from addiction regardless of their ability to pay
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
Join Team TMF: run with purpose and raise funds to cure neurological diseases. For more information contact Armando
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
The mission of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is to create hope and build healthier futures for the children and families we serve. CHLA relies on the generosity of our community philanthropists to support compassionate patient care, leading-edge education of the next generation of caregivers, and innovative research efforts that impact children at our hospital and around the world.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Michael
Empowering Leadership in Latina Athletes
Empowering Leadership in Latina Athletes (ELLA) is a non-profit organization that works to support the leadership development of young Latina and diverse female athletes to become leaders of tomorrow through sports and academic excellence.
Entries for: LA Charity Half Marathon | LA Big 5K
For more information contact Patty
Kitten Rescue
Kitten Rescue is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization devoted to finding loving homes for homeless cats and kittens. We rescue animals from the streets of Los Angeles and from City Shelter euthanasia.
Entires for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon | LA Big 5K
For more information contact Sandra
Students Off And Running
For more than a decade, Students Off And Running (SOAR) has provided a fully supported, no cost LA Marathon training experience to hundreds of kids in need living in the Santa Clarita Valley, reporting an astounding 100% marathon completion rate since their first students took to the streets of LA in 2007!
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Kevin
UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation
JCCC raises funds for vital cancer research at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC). The JCCC has over 500 scientists and physicians providing state-of-the-art cancer care, and conducting over 400 active clinical trials.
Entries for: LA Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact RJ
North Valley Caring Services
NVCS's mission is to empower neighborhood residents to build a vision of their community’s future and actively engage in solving local problem. Annually, NVCS offers educational and supportive programs to 2,300 families and 1,400 homeless individuals.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Katie
Participating Charities
Alzheimer's Association
The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Suzanne
AADAP
Over 200 individuals have participated with Team AMP in the last 7 years, all together raising over $200,000 to support AADAP’s programs and mission to “Change Lives and Save Families."
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Paulina
Be the Match Foundation
Over the past 30 years Be The Match ® , operated by the National Marrow Donor Program ® (NMDP), has managed the most diverse marrow registry in the world. We work every day to save lives through transplant.
Entires for: LA Charity Half Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Angie
Bithiah's Family Services
Bithiah's Family Services is dedicated to providing comprehensive support and resources to vulnerable children, families, and individuals in need. Our mission is to create a nurturing and empowering environment where individuals can overcome challenges, build resilience, and thrive.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Lyndsey
Blacklist LA
BlacklistLA Run Organization aims to connect people through community, art, & running. Building a healthier world has been at the core of what we do through our love for running, community, and the City of Los Angeles.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Erik
California Rehabilitation Foundation
Our mission is to positively impact the lives of people with physical disabilities, especially the most vulnerable and underserved members of our community, through charitable giving.
Entries for: LA Marathon
For more information contact Maneshka
Catholic Education Foundation of Los Angeles
The Catholic Education Foundation (CEF) was founded 35 years ago by Cardinal Roger Mahoney to provide financial assistance to children attending Catholic elementary and high schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Juan
Celiac Disease Foundation
The Celiac Disease Foundation mission is to improve the health and well-being of the millions of individuals around the world affected by this genetic autoimmune disease through our strategic investments in research, advocacy, and education.
Entries for: LA Marathon
For more information contact Janie
Chicago Area Runners Association
CARA is on a mission to make sure everyone in the Chicagoland area has equal access to the emotional and physical benefits of running.
Entries for: LA Marathon
For more information contact Evan
Claris Health
Claris Health's mission is to equip and care for individuals and their families before, during, and after pregnancy and sexual-health choices.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon | LA Big 5K
For more information contact Emily
Concern Foundation for Cancer Research
Concern Foundation for Cancer Research's mission is to conquer cancer by providing essential salary support funds in the early yet critical stages of discovery and the understanding of cancer. With 90-95% of net proceeds going directly to research, Concern has raised more than $60 million dollars and funded 750 cancer research scientists studying cancer.
Entries for: LA Charity Marathon | LA 5K
For more information Contact Wendy/a>
debra of America
debra of America's mission is to improve the quality of life for all people living with EB. To achieve this, we do two things in parallel: we provide free programs and services to the EB Community in the United States and fund the most innovative research directed at symptom relief and a systemic cure.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Jason
DKMS
DKMS is dedicated to the fight against blood cancers and blood disorders by creating awareness, recruiting bone marrow donors to provide a second chance at life, raising funds to match donor registration costs, and supporting the improvement of blood cancer therapies by our own research.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Jodie
Erika's Lighthouse: A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression
Erika’s Lighthouse promotes inclusive school cultures around mental health by empowering educators, students and families through education, awareness, stigma-reduction, good mental health, and help-seeking. We believe in equitable access. All our high-quality programs are funded by donors, so cost is not a barrier for schools.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Meade
Fast Feet Running & Athletics
Fast Feet's mission is to make athletics, nutrition and social skills development accessible and inclusive to all people. Every year, we work with over 800 children with physical or developmental disabilities and their families to deliver In-school and community adaptive running programs, nutrition education workshops and social skills workshops.
Entries for: LA Marathon
For more information contact Samantha
Gliobastoma Foundation
The Glioblastoma Foundation funds research to advance new, more effective therapies for glioblastoma, provides support to patients and families impacted by glioblastoma, and raises awareness of this rare and terminal stage 4 brain cancer.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon | LA Big 5K
For more information contact Gita
Guardian Revival
Guardian Revival is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization focused on preventing veteran & first responder suicide. We have four core programs that aim to reduce the risk of suicide and improve mental health & wellbeing, all free to our Guardians.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Sofia
Habitat for Humanity Greater LA
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA) brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. As the top nonprofit homebuilder in the greater Los Angeles area, Habitat LA has partnered with volunteers, donors and Habitat homeowners to build and repair more than 1,300 homes locally and worldwide since 1990, to help families achieve the stability and self-reliance they need to build a better future.
Entires for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Marina
Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
The Hirshberg Foundation is focused on finding a cure for pancreatic cancer, and empowering the patients and families whose lives are touched by this disease.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Martin
K9 Youth Alliance
K9 Youth Alliance is a grassroots nonprofit that enriches the lives of young people while they help prepare abandoned dogs for permanent homes. Our programs aim to empower young people by showing them just how much they have to give to some of our community's most vulnerable members, abandoned shelter dogs.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Minta
Keep a Child Alive
Co-funded by Alicia Keys, KCA has been on the forefront of the global AIDS crisis for the last 15 years and is dedicated to working towards an AIDS-free generation by combating the physical, social and economic impacts of HIV and AIDS. KCA collaborates with local partners in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, South Africa, and India to address the most pressing needs faced by vulnerable people and their families affected by HIV/AIDS.
Entries for: LA Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Suzane
LA Boys & Girls Club
Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club provides a safe place for youth during the hours when they are most vulnerable to gang recruitment, violence and other negative influences. Offering academics, sports, art & dance, science & engineering classes, swimming, mentoring and more, the Club provides high quality enrichment and educational activities for underserved youth. RUN-4-KIDS, RUN-4-THE-CLUB!
Entires for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Brian
Lymphoma Research Foundation
The Lymphoma Research Foundation's (LRF) mission is to eradicate lymphoma and serve those impacted by this blood cancer. LRF funds research with the greatest ability to impact lives and empowers patients and their loved ones to be their best health advocates.
Entires for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Soo
Marley's Mutts
Making a "pawsitive" and lasting impact on communities by rehabilitating souls and creating second chances using the power of the human/animal bond. Our Pawstive change program is a comprehensive student/inmate and canine training program to provide hope and opportunity to incarcerated people and dogs.
Entires for LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Nicole
Mission1Race
We believe "We Are Uniquely The Same" & invite all ages, genders, ethnicities, cultures, disabilities, physical abilities and health & fitness levels to journey together toward communal health & oneness. M1R seeks to cultivate eclectic communities through events & experiences, education, social engagements & resources for individuals & institutions to empower justice.
Entries for: LA Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Richard
My Friend's Place
For more than 30 years, My Friend’s Place has been assisting and inspiring homeless youth in Los Angeles to build self-sufficient lives. My Friend’s Place supports more than 1,400 homeless youth between the ages of 12 and 25, and their children, each year, helping our homeless young people to move toward wellness, stability and self-sufficiency. Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon For more information contact Susan Learn More
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Alliance on Mental Illness, Greater Los Angeles County (NAMI GLAC) is the leading countywide organization that promotes wellness, recovery, equality, and dignity for individuals and families affected by mental illness and the community at large. We provide leadership in advocacy, education, support, and public awareness throughout Los Angeles County.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Liz
National Brain Tumor Society
National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) unrelentingly invests in, mobilizes, and unites our community to discover a cure, deliver effective treatments, and advocate for patients and caregivers. Gray Nation Endurance is the official endurance program where individuals support the NBTS mission while putting meaning behind their miles for themselves, their loved ones, and for progress toward a cure for all brain tumors.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Nikki
Neighborhood Nip Foundation
The Neighborhood Nip Foundation honors the legacy of the late Nipsey Hussle by impacting the local Los Angeles community in a positive way. Nipsey was adamant and intentional about helping his community and we are doing that by providing opportunities for youngsters to pursue music.
Entires for: LA Marathon
Join Team TMF: run with purpose and raise funds to cure neurological diseases. For more information contact Nate
OutRight Action International
OutRight Action International fights for human rights for LGBTIQ people everywhere. OutRight works at the international, regional and national levels to research, document, defend, and advance human rights for LGBTIQ people around the world.
Entries for: LA Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Kerry
Osborne Head and Neck Foundation
OHNF provides life-saving head and neck surgical care for those in need here in LA and abroad. Events like this fund an annual Medical Aid Mission to developing countries such as Ethiopia, India and Peru, provide travel grants for those who can’t afford to reach expert surgical care, and educational programs for high school students who want to become the Foundation's future caring surgeons.
Entries for: LA Charity Half Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Dave
Parkinson’s Champions
Parkinson’s Champions are racing toward a cure! Our Parkinson’s Champions athletes raise funds and awareness for the Parkinson’s Foundation while competing in some of the world’s most popular endurance events. Every step we take brings us closer to a future without Parkinson’s disease, because Parkinson’s isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon.
Entires for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Danielle
Peyton's Project
Peyton's Project creates Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) awareness through events, fundraisers, media, and advocating for research and experimental drugs. We financially support research and treatment centers for those affected by DMD.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Ethan
Plutzik Goldwasser Family Foundation (Team Zara)
Zara's Center is an after-school safe haven for AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Zara's provides daily meals, academic enrichment, medical care, work training, recreation, and artistic development to over 125 children in Emganwini Township.
Entries for: LA Marathon
For more information contact Jessica
Public Counsel
Public Counsel is the nation’s largest provider of pro bono legal services, delivering justice, hope and opportunity to communities throughout the United States. We work to provide critical, one-on-one legal help to children, veterans, refugees and families struggling with poverty. Together we are building a stronger nation.
Entries for: LA Charity Half Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Erin
Race 4 Veronika's Place
Race 4 Veronika's Place supports a food pantry in Dandora, Kenya. We are parishioners at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica. Each year, our parish travels to Kenya to visit this community.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Rami
Reading to Kids
We are Running for Reading to Kids, a grassroots organization dedicated to inspiring underserved children with a love of reading, thereby enriching their lives and opportunities for success. To this end, Reading to Kids gathers on average 589 children and 306 volunteers at reading clubs on the second Saturday of every month at eight Los Angeles elementary schools.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Charlie
Rise Against Hunger
Our mission is to grow a global movement to end hunger by empowering communities, nourishing lives, and responding to emergencies.
Entries for: LA Marathon
For more information contact Nick
Special Olympics of Southern California
Special Olympics Southern California provides seasonal sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Entries for: LA Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Luke
Still I Run
Still I Run's mission is to promote the benefits of running for mental health and, through our collective stories, defeat the stigma around mental illness. Still I Run is the country’s only non-profit running community that promotes the benefits of running for mental health while defeating the stigma, raising awareness around the topic, and helping others get started running for their mental health.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Patty
Thai Community Development Center
The mission of the Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) is “to advance the social and economic well-being of low and moderate income individuals in the greater Los Angeles area through a broad and comprehensive community development strategy including human rights advocacy, affordable housing, access to healthcare, promotion of small businesses, neighborhood empowerment, and social enterprises.”
Entires for: LA Marathon
For more information contact Chanchanit
The ALS Association Golden West Chapter
Run to Defeat ALS while raising funds that directly support the Golden West Chapter's efforts to find effective treatments and cures for ALS. Test your strength. Push your limits. Grab your friends and join us for this opportunity to be a part of Team Challenge ALS as we challenge ALS at the highest level.
Entries for: LA Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Nikki
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life of people affected by frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) and drive research to a cure.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Bridget
The Beacon House Association of San Pedro
We believe that recovery is possible for everyone and that everyone deserves the opportunity to receive the necessary support and resources to achieve it. Through our comprehensive treatment program, we aim to provide men with the tools and skills they need to overcome addiction and lead fulfilling lives.
Entries for: LA Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Archie
The Million Mile Project
Our mission is to walk with each individual struggling with addiction/substance use disorder the million mile journey ahead. We partner with long term treatment programs around the country, scholarshipping individuals into a treatment program, then mentor them as they begin the uphill journey of getting back on their feet.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Lauren
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to cure MS while empowering people affected by MS to live their best lives.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Shannon
The Pablove Foundation
The Pablove Foundation is helping kids with cancer live a love-filled life today, and a cancer-free life tomorrow. We work to improve the lives of children with cancer through the arts and invest in underfunded, cutting-edge pediatric cancer research.
Entries for: LA Charity Half Marathon | LA 5K
For more information contact Bianca
The Painted Turtle
The mission of The Painted Turtle is to provide a year-round, authentic camp experience for children with serious medical conditions. The Painted Turtle supports children's medical needs, inspires them to reach beyond their illnesses, and provides care, education and respite for their families. All campers and families attend completely free of charge.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Sue
To Write Love on Her Arms
To Write Love on Her Arms is a nonprofit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and invest directly into treatment and recovery.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon
For more information contact Amber
Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Since 9/11, we have been helping America’s heroes by providing mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially-adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders. We are also committed to eradicating veteran homelessness and helping America to Never Forget September 11, 2001.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half Marathon For more information contact Matthew
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
We believe that every community across Greater L.A. must be rooted in justice and equity, where every generation prospers. Our work is centered on people who are struggling to find support in the short term and prosperity in the long term, so that each person is able to feel a deep sense of belonging in their community of choice, with the resources to live, work, and thrive together.
Entries for LA Marathon
For more information contact John
WeGotThis.org
Our organization's mission is to build a community of giving and receiving that helps cancer thrivers and supporters live their best lives.
Entries for: LA Marathon | Charity Half marathon
For more information contact Gillian
5K Charities
America Needs You
America Needs You fights for economic mobility for ambitious, first-generation college students. We do this by providing transformative mentorship and intensive career development.
For more information contact Mitch Mitchell
Big Brothers Big Sisters
For more information contact Silas Taylor
Dave McGillivray Finish Strong Foundation
Our mission is to inspire and empower youth across the U.S. to increase physical activity, expand literacy, and build community and self-esteem through running, reading, and performing acts of kindness.
For more information contact Meg
Foxy and the Hounds
Foxy and the Hounds saves dogs of all breeds, sizes and ages and the dogs that are often overlooked. Our primary focus is to rescue and rehabilitate injured, neglected, abandoned and abused dogs from our shelters, owner surrenders and hoarding situations.
For more information contact Tracey
Heart of Los Angeles
Heart of Los Angeles helps young people overcome barriers through exceptional, free, integrated programs and personalized guidance in a trusted, nurturing environment. With campuses in Central and South LA, our no-cost youth services fill out-of-school time with activities like academic tutoring, visual arts classes, college readiness resources, and more.
For more information contact Krystal
Hollywood Food Coalition
Hollywood Food Coalition is an organization dedicated to addressing food insecurity, eliminating food waste and helping our guests connect to essential services by building trust and community. Our mission is to feed and serve the immediate needs of the hungry so they can build better lives.
For more information contact Linda
Junior Achievement of Southern California
JA's mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. Together, we are working to give our region's youth the hope to see a brighter future with the skills to answer the demands of the 21st century economy with "I can."
For more information contact Audrey
Junior League of LA
The Junior League of Los Angeles is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
For more information contact Aimee
KEEN
KEEN is a volunteer-led non-profit organization that provides one-to-one programs of fitness, fun and friendship for children and young adults with cognitive and physical disabilities at no cost to their families or caregivers. We accept every child and celebrate each childs unique and beautiful ability!
For more information contact Suzanne
Legal Aid Foundation
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles is a nonprofit law firm that provides free, high-quality legal services to more than 100,000 people living in poverty across Greater Los Angeles each year. LAFLA protects and advances the rights of the most underserved – leveling the playing field and ensuring that everyone can have access to the justice system.
For more information contact Phong
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice
LACLJ's mission is to secure justice for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and empower them to create their own futures. LACLJ provides low-income survivors access to life-changing legal representation and support, helping them secure justice and keep their families safe.
For more information contact Monique
Ready, Set Gold!
Ready, Set, Gold! is LA Sports Council's one of a kind community outreach program. Founded in 2006, RSG! is a community health, fitness and social and emotional learning (SEL) program that promotes healthy and active lifestyles to children in Southern California schools.
For more information contact Megan
South Central LAMP
South Central LAMP engages immigrant mothers and their children ages 0-5 in a comprehensive three-year curriculum that includes: Parenting Education, English as a Second Language, Early Childhood Education, Parent-Child Interactive Literacy Activities, and Family Advocacy.
For more information contact Nicole
Teen Cancer America
Our mission is to improve the experience, outcomes and survival of teens and young adults with cancer by providing facilities and programs designed especially for them in hospitals throughout the USA.
For more information contact Vickie
Pug Queen Foundation
The Pug Queen Foundation is an organization dedicated to the mission of rescuing pugs in need. Pugs are rescued from neglect, puppy mills, outdoor living conditions that are exposed to intense summer sun and freezing winter cold. All pugs receive medical care and are placed in loving adoptive homes.
For more information contact Isabell
The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company
We are a group of dedicated educators, writers, actors, directors, mentors and volunteers who transform hearts, minds, lives and communities by empowering young people to own and share their stories.
For more information contact Ninette
UDLA Unification of Disabled Latin Americans
For many years UDLA has utilized sports as a tool of rehabilitation for disabled individuals. We promote disabled athletes to participate in the LA Marathon and to practice wheelchair basketball.
For more information contact Marisol
Valley Village
Valley Village is a nonprofit serving people with developmental and intellectual challenges through three day programs and eighteen residential group homes. Valley Village's mission is to protect, foster, develop, and advance the rights and interests of people with developmental disabilities.
For more information contact Matthew
Parkinson's Community Los Angeles
The mission of Parkinson’s Community Los Angeles (PCLA) is to improve quality of life for people living with Parkinson’s by connecting individuals and families to the information, support, programs, and activities they need to enhance wellness and live an active, engaged life.
For more information contact Vivian
Puente Learning Center
PUENTE has empowers individuals to realize their achievement goals by accessing our high-quality educational resources.
For more information contact Isabel
Dream Center
Transforming lives and communities through Christ- body, soul, and spirit.
For more information contact Hannah
Westside German Shepard Rescue
Westside German Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles is a non profit 501(c)3, no kill rescue committed to saving all types of German Shepherd Dogs from high kill shelters and adopting them to loving, qualified homes.
For more information contact Carla